top, upper part
→
East
5 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2660 | below, down, bottom part | → | West | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gamilaraay | |
| lexeme | ngarribaa | |
| meaning 1 | up | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | East | |
| reference | Ash et al. 2003: 124 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Muher | |
| lexeme | nän | |
| meaning 1 | up | yänän ḳərrəb eyebrow, upper eyelash |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | east | |
| reference | EDG I: 913 EDG: 457 | |
| comment | Also nännəyä "upward slope, upwards, ascent, uphill, eastward" (EDG I 913). From Semitic *ʕly "to be high, elevated" > South Ethio-Semitic *lay "above". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yuwaalaraay | |
| lexeme | ngarribaa | |
| meaning 1 | up | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | East | |
| reference | Ash et al. 2003: 124 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yuwaalayaay | |
| lexeme | ngarribaa | |
| meaning 1 | up | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | East | |
| reference | Ash et al. 2003: 124 | |
| comment | ||